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WITNESSES July 3, 1923; V 1,460,743

- E. H. BINNSVET AL HOLDER Original Filed April 29 1922 ATTORNEYS I itwill be seen that the reference numeral 1 Patented July 3, 1923.

UNITED. S T S To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD H. BINNS and RALPH H. BINNs, citizens oftheUnited States, and residents of Pittsburgh, in .the county of Alleghenyand, State of Pennsyl- Vania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Holders, of Which the'following is a specification. a

It is anobject of our invention to provide a device which is primarilyadapted for association with a shoe, and by means of whichthe knot andends of the shoe string will be concealed from view.

It is a further object of our invention to provide a device of thecharacter stated which will also serve to retain the afore mentionedparts of the shoe string in proper position with respect to the body ofthe shoe.

A still further object of the present invention resides in theconstruction of a holding device of extremely .simple design andpleasing appearance, which device may readily be applied or detachedfrom the member with which it is associated, and which when in properposition will serve to conceal and to retain certain portions ofelements associated with this member.

Reference is had to the attached sheet of drawings as illustrating onepractical embodiment of our invention, and it will be seen in thedrawings that;

Figure 1 is a prospective view ofa shoe and showing our improved type ofdevice associated therewith; a,

Fig. 2 is a front view of the holder.

Fig. 8 is a rear view, partly in section, of the receptacle portion ofthe same.

Fig. 4.- is a sectional plan view taken along the line 4+4 and in thedirection of the arrows indicated in Fig. 2.

It will be noted in the embodiment illustrated that we have shown ourinvention in association with a shoe of the hook type, and

indicates the uppermost of the series of hooks which are applied to theshoe upper 2, and in the present instance the holder may be applied tothese uppermost hooks.

This holder, as in Figs. 2 to 4, embraces a cap 5 the sidewalls 6 ofwhich are formed with openings 7 at diametrically opposite points in theside walls. A preferably resilient and flexible mounting member 4 isutilized, which extends through the slots or openings 7, and has itsends projecting beyond the same, the cap 5 being slida'bly 7-" EDWARD H.BINNS AND Riem nn. BINNS', 0F rrrrsnoncn, PENNSYLV NIA. .nonnnn'.

' Application fiiea a m ae, 1922', Serial no.557,se2. ,1ienewea ma ch15, 1 923.

mounted upon thisi member. I t to noted in this connection however, thatdue to the fact that the mountingmember i l is preferably constructed'of flutedv. braided wire, that the edge portions of the .s'ame willbe'serrated as at 8 so that although the cap iscapable of. being movedwith respect to the supporting member, it will normally remain fixedwithrespect to the same.

Now with a view of; providing means WhlCll will permit ofthedevicebeingat tached t0 the shoe hqqke or other. supports with which itis to be associated, it willbe noted that we preferably secure looped.ele-

ments 3 to the ends of the mounting member sufficient diameter to permitof the introduc- 4, and these elements present an opening of tionof thehook ends therethrough, so that the entire device may readily beassociated with or detached from these hooks.

In use, assuming that the device isemployed as shown in the drawings,theshoe is laced in the usual manner, and this operation is terminated bytying the ends of the lace in a bow or other suitable'knot. The

holder may be attached to the uppermost of the hooks. and the cap 5 willserve to 'enclose the knot, bow and string ends Within its body, and toprevent any movement of these portions with respect to the shoe,incident to the inherent resiliency of the supporting member 4, whichwill at all times press the cap, against the shoe. However, upon itbeing desired to remove the device, it

,will be obvious that this may readily be accomplished by simplydetaching one or both of the loop members 3fr0m the hooks, subsequent towhich the lace ends are available.

Thus all of the objects of this invention have been accomplished, anditwillbe un 1. As an article of manufacture, aholder' including achambered receptacle, a flexible member attached to said. receptacle,and

means at the ends of said flexible member whereby thesame may bedetachably eonnected with a support affixed to the member with which theholder is to be associated.

2. As an article of manufacture, 'a holder including a cap, a supportingmember v mounting said cap and extending beyond bothsides of the same,and means providing a loop portion at each end of said member wherebythe samemay be I detachably con-:. nected with a support affixed to themember With-Which the holder is to be associated.

3. A holder including a flexible supporting member, a cap 'slidablymounted upon said supportingmember, the ends of said supporting memberprojecting beyond said cap, and means. for connecting the ends of saidsupporting member with asupport affixed to the member with which theholder is to be associated.

4. A holder including a flexible supporting member, a cap slidablymounted upon said supporting member, and being formed with] openingsthrough whichfthe same extends, the ends of said supporting memberproject ing beyond said cap, and means for connecting the endsof saidsupporting member with with a supporting member whereby to mount saidcap.

6. A holder including amounting "mem- I her presentlng serrated s deedges, a cap slidably mounted upon said member, said cap presenting edgeportions adapted to engage the edges ofsald mounting member for normallypreventing amovement of said cap with respectto the same.

Signed at New York city in the county of New York and State of New Yorkthis27th day of AprilA. =D.1922.' I

- EDWARD H. BINNS."

RALPH H. BINNS.-

